Scality Rolls Out Multi-Cloud Management Tool Zenko in Open Source and Enterprise Editions

Scality today released Zenko 1.0, its multi-cloud data management tool, in an open source and an enterprise edition. The new subscription cloud data controller builds on an earlier open source version that Scality rolled out last year. But unlike that product, which was based on Docker Swarm, the new editions use a Kubernetes orchestration framework. “It gives us more flexibility and a larger ecosystem around Kubernetes to deploy on prem or in cloud,” said Wally MacDermid, VP of Scality’s cloud business.

Scality releases Zenko 1.0 to help businesses manage multiple clouds

San Francisco-based Scality, which is known for its data management software, today announced its first full release of a subscription cloud management tool. Zenko 1.0 is now generally available for enterprise users and is designed to help them control data as it moves between their private storage and various public clouds. For Scality, which made its name with Ring, (software for managing data on private servers), the release of Zenko is a bet that the future of its business will look quite a bit different from its past.

Kong Announces Version 1.0 of its Open-Source Microservice API Gateway

Blackboard Announces Rebrand of Open-Source Learning Management System [Ed: Evil Blackboard -- a patent bully connected to Microsoft -- continues its openwashing efforts to confuse the market]

You can now show everyone your mad skills using Descenders' new Replay Mode

Descenders, the downhill freeriding game has been updated with a Replay Mode so I took a look to see what fun things you could do with it.

War Thunder’s “The Valkyries” update is now live, adding helicopters

The vehicular combat MMO has released its 1.81 update which brings a number of goodies for players, including several helicopters that are available for testing.

Virtme: The kernel developers' best friend

When working on the Linux Kernel, testing via QEMU is pretty common. Many virtual drivers have been recently merged, useful either to test the kernel core code, or your application. These virtual drivers make QEMU even more attractive.

2018 Linux Audio Miniconference

As in previous years we’re trying to organize an audio miniconference so we can get together and talk through issues, especially design decisons, face to face. This year’s event will be held on Sunday October 21st in Edinburgh, the day before ELC Europe starts there.

How Writing Can Expand Your Skills and Grow Your Career [Ed: Linux Foundation article]

At the recent Open Source Summit in Vancouver, I participated in a panel discussion called How Writing can Change Your Career for the Better (Even if You don't Identify as a Writer. The panel was moderated by Rikki Endsley, Community Manager and Editor for Opensource.com, and it included VM (Vicky) Brasseur, Open Source Strategy Consultant; Alex Williams, Founder, Editor in Chief, The New Stack; and Dawn Foster, Consultant, The Scale Factory.

At the Crossroads of Open Source and Open Standards [Ed: Another Linux Foundation article]

A new crop of high-value open source software projects stands ready to make a big impact in enterprise production, but structural issues like governance, IPR, and long-term maintenance plague OSS communities at every turn. Meanwhile, facing significant pressures from open source software and the industry groups that support them, standards development organizations are fighting harder than ever to retain members and publish innovative standards. What can these two vastly different philosophies learn from each other, and can they do it in time to ensure they remain relevant for the next 10 years?

[Podcast] PodCTL #50 – Listener Mailbag Questions

As the community around PodCTL has grown (~8000 weekly listeners) we’ve constantly asked them to give us feedback on topics to discuss and areas where they want to learn. This week we discussed and answered a number of questions about big data and analytics, application deployments, routing security, and storage deployment models.

Security Embargos at Red Hat

The software security industry uses the term Embargo to describe the period of time that a security flaw is known privately, prior to a deadline, after which time the details become known to the public. There are no concrete rules for handling embargoed security flaws, but Red Hat uses some industry standard guidelines on how we handle them. When an issue is under embargo, Red Hat cannot share information about that issue prior to it becoming public after an agreed upon deadline. It is likely that any software project will have to deal with an embargoed security flaw at some point, and this is often the case for Red Hat.

Transforming oil & gas: Exploration and production will reap the rewards

Through advanced technologies based on open standards, Red Hat deliver solutions that can support oil and gas companies as they modernize their IT infrastructures and build a framework to meet market and technology challenges. Taking advantage of modern, open architectures can help oil and gas providers attract new customers and provide entry into markets where these kinds of services were technologically impossible a decade ago.